Napoleon is shown leaping from the Mont St. Jean (Waterloo) to the island of St. Helena. He looks terrified. On the rock beside his foot is a small wooden cross that flies a banner labeled Mont St. Jean. The trappings of his role as emperor are abandoned beside it: his sword, crown, Legion of Honor medal, and hand of justice. The few inhabitants of the island are fleeing in terror, harbinger of the horror he will cause from now on.